has winching been around longer than we think?

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

today me and some other people were using my winch just riding down my street with skateboards and this old lady walking down the street stops to watch.

after we turned the engine off she told us how she thought it was cool how we made that and that she remembered when she used to ski behind one of those a long time ago in ski shows.

i asked her how long ago it was and she said back in the 60's.

i couldn't believe that anybody was doing that before 2003 when thomas made the "first one" in sfumato

thoughts?

tad · 360 flip Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 5031

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV_6plAcRJ0

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Jul 28, 2009 10:03 pm Post subject:

tad, thats the vid i was thinkin of haha.

fastgreens · Kickflip Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Posts: 3563 City: baytown

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

tad, that's cool, but it's not exactly the same as water skiing Smash

russ · Posted: Jul 29, 2009 12:01 am Post subject:

there was a winch designed for teaching people to get up on cable. don't know i they still make em

paulmc · Posted: Jul 29, 2009 7:26 am Post subject:

russ, there is one of those things a MK cable in the uk, but i've never seen it being used.

Think thorpe has one too???

GnarShredd · Backside 180 Joined: 24 Jan 2009 Posts: 1529 City: Seattle

When you think about it, it kind of makes sense if a winch came before cable systems. To me that just seems like the logical progression although to be honest, I've never really put much thought in to it before now.

dirtysouthwakeskate · Ollie Joined: 02 Jul 2009 Posts: 58

nowadays nothing is new.